ATP finals, the results of today’s matches: Djokovic and Nadal out, Thiem-Medvedev final

Medvedev batte Nadal 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 (Summary)

Daniil Medvedev overcomes the return Rafael Nadal 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 and conquer the final at the Masters for the first time in his career. Great battle from the first games (20 ‘the duration of the first three), with Rafa fighting in the first turns of service and must immediately cancel three break points. Just a Medvedev does not enter the first, the Russian loses his service in the eighth game: the Spanish does not allow himself to be asked and closes 6-3 a first set in which he had suffered a lot. The Bercy champion does not lose confidence and in the first attempt of the second set, he snatches the joke from his rival: Rafa saves the ball 1-5, recover the break and get back on track. The Russian seems to come out of the game, with Nadal making another break, but when he goes to get the game he loses his serve. The world No. 2 takes refuge in the tie-break, but can do nothing against the skill and a little luck of the rival, who 7-4 prevails and reopens the games. The third set is a photocopy of the previous two, with Nadal who has to fight twice as much as his opponent in his batting rounds. Rafa’s energetic defense collapses in the seventh game, and the Mallorcan gave up his serve in the next round as well and lost. 6-3 after two hours and 35 ‘of fighting, postponing once again the hunt to one of the two great tournaments (with Bercy) that he never won. For Medvedev, a winning comeback, leading to 9 consecutive successes me first career win against Nadal.

Thiem batte Djokovic 7-5, 6-7, 7-6 (Summary)

Dominic Thiem beats 7-5, 6-7, 7-6 the n ° 1 in the world, Novak Djokovic and hits him for the second time in a row final all ATP Finals, where on Sunday he will seek the first triumph of his career. At the end of an amazing battle of almost three hours, where we saw a tennis of the highest level, Thiem reviews it and expects one between Medvedev and Nadal. A very balanced start, with few points conceded in his at-bats. We remain even until 5-5, without any break point: Thiem takes advantage of the first attempt and then it is cold to close the first set 7-5, thanks to 10 of the last 13 points scored. The Austrian has another chance early in the second set, but frustrates it with three consecutive errors. Nole’s first break point comes after one hour and 20 minutes of play, canceled by a practically perfect Thiem in service. In a photocopy set of the first, this time the Serbian has two chances to close the set, canceled once again by the winner of the last US Open. This time we go to the tie-break, where at the end of a dramatic battle, Thiem spreca quattro match point (including one with a bloody double fault) e yield 12-10, thus putting the Serbian ‘cannibal’ back in the game. The third set passes quickly and without break points, thanks to the stratospheric precision at the service of the protagonists, both with more than 80% of the points accumulated with the first. He returns once more to the tie-break: the Austrian comeback 0-4 and closed the accounts, reaching the 300th victory of his career and repeating the last twelve months ago, when he lost to Tsitsipas. Nole, meanwhile, fails the assault on the sixth title in the Finals, which would have allowed him to equal Roger Federer.

The results of the semifinals

Dominic Thiem (AUT) against Novak Djokovic (SRB) 7-5, 6-7, 7-6

Daniil Medvedev (RUS) vs. Rafael Nadal (ESP) 3-6, 7-6, 6-3